Burnishing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICEQ EDWVARD B. ALLEN, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES W. BROOKS, TRUSTEE, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSAOHUSETTS.

BURNlSHING-MACHINE.

SPBCIPICA'IION forming-part 0f Letters Patent N0. 374,885, datecl December 13, 1887.

Application file(l August 15, 1887. Serinl N0. 216,995. (N0 model.)

T0 all w7wm z't may czmcern:

Be itknown that I, EDWARD B. ALLEN, of Portland, counby 0f Cnmberland, and Stabe 0f Maine, have invented an Improven1enb in Machines for Bnrnishing an(l Beading Boots 01 Shoes, of which tl1e following description, in conneetion with the accompanying clrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings represenbing like parts.

This invention relates to machines f0r bnrnishing heels 0f boots 0r shoes, and has for one ofits objects to provide a burnishing-machine Willi a beading-tool aclapted t0 be operated from the shaft whicl1 actuates the bur nishing-tool, thereby effecting-a consid'erable saving in tinne an(l lahm.

My invention also has f01 its object t0 simplify and improve the Construcbion of burnishing-machines.

The particular features in wliich my inveution consisbs will be pointed out in the claims at the end 0f this specification. l

Figurel is an elevation of a burnishing and beading machine eonstructed in accordance with 1ny invention; Fig. 2, a t0p view 0f part 01" bhe machine, showing the beading and hurnishing tools and tbe (lisk or guidewaty f01 t;he burnishing-tool; Figs. 3 and 4, details to be referred to, and Fig. 5 a diagram t0 more clearly sh0w ehe positions of the burnishing and beading tools.

'lhe frame work of the machine, herein shown as a hollow upright 01 standard, a, resting upon a suitable base, a, is provided ab iL-s npper end With a bracket, a, lxaving b'earings a i'0r a shaft, a,.the latter being movable longitudinally 0n said bearings, as Will be described.

The shaft ahas mounted upon ib a pinion, a, in mesh With a rack, a, movable in guides a seeured, as shown, bo Ehe said braekeb, the said pinion being ofconsiderable length L0 enable the shaff; t0 be moved longitudinally am]. yet have tl1e saicl pinion in engagen1ent with the raek.

The rack a has conneeted to 01 f01mingpaxt 0f in a link or bar, a (shown in (lotted lines, Fig. 1,) pivoted, .as shown, ab a, to the forked end of a rod, b, haVing a'stud, Z), extended int0 a slot in a disk, b", 011 the main 0.1 clriving shaft: b supported in suitable bearings and provicled, as shown, with a fast und loose belpnlley, b b rotation 0f tl1e n1ain sl1aft imparting an oscillating 01 rocking movement to the shafb a through the rack and pinion and couneeting mechanism described.

The shaft: a an one sitle 01" the 1nachine, as herein shown, is provided with agrooved hub or collar, b, and in the groove 0f which is fitted a stud, b*, herein sl1own as secured to a sliding box, b*, embraced by the forked end of the arm b of a lever pivoted ab b to the fra1ne 0f Ehe maohine. the other arm, b, (shown by dottedlinos, Fig. 1,) being eonnectedas shown, by a link, Z), to a foot-treadle, b. The shafb a between tl1e collar b and Ehe bearing a as herein shown, is encircled byaspring, c, which is compressed when the said shafi: is movecl longitudinally in one direcbion by depressing the treadle b.

The shafl: a ab the opposite side 0l" the machine has secured to in, as herein shown, a disk, c, providecl wibh a guideway in its face to receive a block, c, (see Fig. 2,) movable up und down in said guideway. The block 0" has secnred t0 0r forming part 0f it a bmniShingcool, c, 0f ordinary construction.

-The disk c, block c", and burnishing-tool 0 are each provided Wit-l1 a slob, as shown by dotted lines, Fig'. l, through Whi0h is extended, as shown, one arm, c, of an elbow-lever pivoted ab 0 130 ears c 011 the rear side of the disk c. The arm c is pivoted, as shown, t-0 ears 0 on a beading-tool, c fitted t0 and movable in a guideway foxmed in the face of tl1e burnishing-tool, as shown in Fig. 2, and by dotted lines, Fig. 1. The other arm, c, of the elbow-lever referred t0 is forked ab its ends, and Ehe forked ende are prwided with sbuds d, extended into a groove, d, (see Fig. 3,) on a hab or collar, d" loosely mounted 0n the shaft a".

'll1e beading-tool c" is moved up and down in theguideway in tlxe burnishing-tool through the elbow-lever referred t0 by means 0f a lever, d pivoted, as shown, t0 a Ing, d, on the bracket a the 'said lever d having one end forked, and each fork provided Wibh a.sbnd d, extended into a groove, d, (see Fig. 3,) 0f the collar (P, the said lever having a handle, d

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- and down ancl'at the same time the slide f is The burnishing-tool c and beading-tool 0 are brought in eontaet withand removed from he heel e 0f a 100011 or shoe, e, secured on a jack, e, of ordinary construetionsnpported by a braoket, e, attached t0 the upright a, by moving the handle d in one 0r the Ot-hfl di- 1ecion.

The burnishing-tool c and beading-tool 0 are shown in Fig. 1 in their lowest positdon, and the boot or shoe having beenjacked in usual manner, the operator presses upon bhe treadle b, moving the shaft a and the parts connected therewith towavd bhe right in the direction 0f arrow 20.

In order so clear the jack when the shaft; a is movec1 t0 the right, aud ab the same tin1e bring the burnishing-tool above and in 1ine wibh the heel 0f the boot 01 shoe, the handle 11 is nioved in the direetion 0f arrow 21 fi0m its normal er fnll-line position marke'd 2 (See Fig. 5) 00 the dobted line position' mnrk'ed 3.

Ihe burnishing-tool is bronghbinto eugagemenb with bhe heel 0f the boot er shoe by n1'oving the handle d* 130 the dotted-line Pos'iti'o'n marked 4, and ib is held in seid position by the operator nntil the heel is burnished, 01 it1 may be locked in any suitable manner, a spring, 5, pressing upon the said tool in usual man'- ner. After the heel has been brnished; a stop 01 gage, shown as a rod, f, extended through a slide, f, (see dotted lines, Fi'g. 1,) movable in a guideway in the upper faee ot' a braeket, f seeured to the standz'ud d, 1's raised up behind and in the path of movement of the disk c. 'Ihe stop or gag'ef is raised up 'nfoved in its gnideway,ns herein shown, by

moving Ehe handle f" of a lever pi'vo'ted, a's shown, atf t0 the biackebf", 0116 arm, f", 0f the said lever having aslot, f through whieh is extended a stud, f, on ehe end of the rodf. Thebeading-toolbeing in the posibion marke'd 7 above and inlinewith theheel-seat,is brought in contaet with thesaid heel-seat by moving bl1e handle d from the osition markecl 4 to the position marked 2. After the b0ot 01 sho'e has been beaded, the opemtor releases the hanle d anal f am]. removes the pressufe from the treadle b, thns permitting the spring c t0 move the shaft; a and parts conneeted t0' ita away fron1 the jack an(1 into the position shown in Fig. 1.

I claiml. In the herein-deseribed bnrnishing-mnchine, an oscillating er roeking shaft, a bri1ishing-tool connected to one end 0f and oscillated by the said shaft, and mechanism 110 0scillate or roek said shaft-eombined with mechanism, substanbially as deseribed, to inove said shafb longitndinally, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In the hereindescribed bnrnishing-machine, an oscillating 01 rocking shaft and aburnishing-tool connected t0 and oseillated by the said shaft, combined with a lever operatively conneeted to tl1e seid burnishing-tool t0 reeiprocate ib independenb of the shafb, substantially as and for the pnrpose specified.

3. The connbination,in Ehe herein-described burnis hing-maehine, cf an oseillating shnfb, a bnrnishing-tool, and a beading-tool conneeted with and oscillated together by the said sha ft substantdally as deseribed.

4. In a burnishing-machine, an oscillating shaft,- a movable collar, (P, thereon, aburnishing=tool, o a beading-tool, c", and a lever operabively connected, as described, 130 the bewiling and burnishing tools and t-o the collar d' con'1bined with alever, d, eonneeted tothe collar d t0 niove ib longibudinally 011 ehe shaft, and thereby reciprocate ehe said burnishing and beading tools, substantaially as described.

5.'The oseillabing disk or I)ltt c, the hurnishingtool adapted to slide therein, and the beadingtool adapted t0 slide in the burnishing-tool, substantially as deseribed.

6. The burnishingtool and thebeading-tool, t:ombined with a stop 130 keep the burnishingt0ol above and in line With ohe heel, and a lever to cause bhebeaingtool only t0 be foreed against the heel, substantially as deseribed.

In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my name t0 this specificabionin the presenee of w0 subscribing witnesses.

EDIVARD B. ALLEN.

Vitnesses:

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, C, M. CONE. 

